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Spouse  Kunwar Aishwarya Singh
House  Rana Dynasty
Name  Devyani Rana
Religion  Hinduism
Mother  Rani Usha Raje Scindia

Devyani Rana wearing a red shirt, a necklace, and earrings

Father  Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Education  London School of Economics and Political Science
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Parents  Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Rani Usha Raje Scindia

Devyani rana


Devyani Rana (Nepali: देव्यानी राणा) was the prospective fiancée of the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal. She is the second daughter of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Rani Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of George Jivajirao Scindia, the last Maharaja of Gwalior.

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Devyani Rana during the election campaign of her father Pashupati SJB Rana

Devyani rana was not one of them


Family

Devyani Rana wearing a red shirt

By her father, Devyani is a member of the Rana dynasty. Her mother Usha Raje Scindia, is a daughter of George Jivajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior. She has one sibling, her older sister, Urvashi Rajya Laxmi.

Devyani Rana wearing a red gown during their wedding

Her paternal great-grandfather was Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

Devyani Rana as an active politician of India

She attended Welham Girl's High School, Dehradun, Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer; Lady Shriram College, Delhi and Kathmandu University (MA).

Proposed engagement

Devyani Rana wearing a pink dress and a necklace

Dipendra was in England between 1987 and 1990, and his local guardian was Baronet, Sir Jeremy Bagge, whose son was also at Eton. Bagge's daughter was a friend of Devyani who was also studying in England. Dipendra and Devyani met at the Bagges' Norfolk home, and Dipendra quickly fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. However, Dipendra's parents, and especially his mother Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (born Rana), opposed the marriage. Devyani's friends also began to suspect Dipendra was hitting her, although she denied it.

According to an article in the July 30, 2001 New Yorker and other published reports, the refusal of Dipendra's parents to consent to this marriage was the cause of the massacre of the royal family in Nepal.

Post massacre

Devyani Rana fled to India immediately after the royal massacre to escape media attention. In 2004, Rana obtained a second master's degree from the London School of Economics. She currently works for the United Nations Development Programme.

Personal life

On 23 February 2007, Rana married Kunwar Aishwarya Singh of Singrauli, the son of Raja Bhuvneshwar Prasad Singh and Rani Veena Singh a royal from the erstwhile state of Singrauli and the grandson of former Indian Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh, a royal from the erstwhile state of Churhat. The wedding took place at the Scindia Villa, New Delhi.

References

Devyani Rana Wikipedia